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2A Lawton Road Rainhill St Helens L35 0PP

P/2022/0651/HHFPHouseholder Planning ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 9 November 2022

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of the existing conservatory and erection of a single storey rear extension, loft conversion including a rear dormer window and 2no roof lights to the front, alterations to the existing window and door openings to the side, and a front porch canopy with garage conversion (amended proposal).

Received
8 September 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rainhill Ward
Agent
Peter Darlington Architects
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated14 Sep
  3. Consult.25 Oct
  4. Target9 Nov
  5. Decided9 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 2A Lawton Road Rainhill St Helens L35 0PP. St Helens has handled 2,576 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than St Helens's typical decision time. The site is in the Rainhill conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Rainhill Ward. We hold 1,084 applications in total for the L35 postcode area.

93% of full applications at St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
L35 0PP
Application type
Householder Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rainhill Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 September 2022
Consultation expiry
25 October 2022
Consultation start
4 October 2022
Consultation end
25 October 2022
Neighbour consultation start
20 September 2022
Neighbour consultation end
11 October 2022
Last date for comments
20 October 2022
Target decision date
9 November 2022
Permission expires
9 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Peter Darlington Architects
Agent address
334 Prescot Road St Helens WA10 3AG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 September 2022
Advertisement expiry
20 October 2022
Site notice start
28 September 2022
Site notice end
19 October 2022

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Rainhill+1 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Rainhill, St Helens
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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